Combined berth and seat for passenger-carriages.



PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907. l

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D. T. OWEN.

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COMBINED BERTH AND SEAT IOR PASSENGER GARRIAGES.

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-To all whom it may concern.'

-new and useful Improvements in a ,positions and placed in invertedpositions side by side DAVID T. OWEN, OE CLEVELAND, '\OI-VIIO,ASSIGNORTO THE D. T.

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO,

OWEN COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

COMBINED BERTH AND SEAT Fon PASSENGER-CARRIAGES.

Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

' ippscaion ned August 25, 1905. sem-a1 No. 275,764.

strap 3 at the front of the frame connecting the sides 4 thereof.Suitable guide-ways 5 carry the said sides or side-bars 4, and in thisinstance the said guide-ways and bars 4 are dovetailed, but notnecessarily, especially if both cross connections 2 and 3 are used. Ifthese 'cross connections were omitted the bars 4 would at their insidesfront and Be it known that I, DAVID T. OWEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county'of Cuyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented I certain Combined Berth and Seat forPassenger-Carriers, and do declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it Aappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in combined berths and seats forpassenger coaches and carriers, and the invention consists in aconstruction wherein the back and the seat proper may be inverted toform a berth or bed bottom, or bottom for the mattress of the berth orbed, all substantially as shown and described and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of the parts made up as a berth or bed, presumably in asleeping-car. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation showing theparts at the left of the view made up as a seat, and at the right withthe seat and bed portions omitted and disclosing more particularly themeans for supporting said parts, as will hereinafter appear. Fig. 3 is aview on -line x, fr, Fig.- l looking to the left, and Figs. 4 and 5 areperspective views in detail .of the seat and back, respectively. l

The essential novelty of theinvention as thus shown lies in theadaptation of the separate seats and the backs, respectively, to beconverted into the bedbottom proper, so that when these parts haveserved theirv purpose for-comfortably seating passengers they can beutilized, also, for providing them with comfortable the only changenecessary in such parts be liftedv from 4their original constructionmightA be changed and afford equivalent supports. A flexible apron 9along the front of the rear on the bottom of the seat frame prevent itfrom slipping back and forth when The back Dy for the seat is providedwith projections or flanges l2 and 13 at its edges adapted in oneinstance to rest on cross portion or projection 2 on the bed frame andin the other on ledge or projection 14 on the wall A. This occurs whenthe bed'is made and frame B is drawn forward and the back is invertedand laid thereon behind the seat to complete the bed bottom adapted toreceive the spring'mattress. The said back is sustained in its position,Fig. 2, by means of short lugs or Aprojections 15 on the side supportsAf, which are engaged by case being that said in the bed frame orsupports. In these latter positions said parts themselves form thebed-bottom proper, and they contribute to the utility and comfort of theberth by being themselves provided with springs that come into more orless helpful service through the spring mattress above. l I

In the present development of the invention I show the usual crosspartition or wall A between adjacent seats back to back in a sleepingcar, and the combined seat and bed supports A at the sides, which,however, have mostly the appearance of sides for the seats. l

B represents a sliding support or supports for both the seat and thebed, and Iin this instance is shown as a rigid frame supported in thesides of the supports A/ and adapted to be drawn bodily out, as at theright in Fig. 2, half way the space between seats and to be met therebythe like frame or supports from the other side, Fig. l. These frames orsupports comprise a cross-bar 2 at their rear flush with the sides of`the said frame at its top, and a downwardly curved or bent cross-bar orin the appointed relation to the seat and yet leave the back free to belowered and inverted when a bed is to be made. These projections do notinterfere with the use ofthe bed because they come below .the top planeof the hair mattress, which overspreads the spring mattress beneath. i

The spring mattress, for convenience, is made in four sections F and G,two of each, which are carried bythe use. This takes care of saidmattress sections when the invention is'made up for seating, and bringsthem at once to the top in using relation when a bed is made, as in Fig.l.

When down, as in Figjl, the backs of the seat rest at their front onframes B and on wall A, and the mattress portions g at what becomes theend of the bed when they are down and which serve catches 16 on the backand serve to hold the back firmly backs D, when used as in Fig. 2. Inthis position, ii preferred, a dog or catch 17 may be employed to securesaid parts against any tendency to tilt forward.

II is the hood or head section oi the seat back hinged at its top andadapted to be swung up out oi the way when not in use, Fig. I. In thisparticular instance links h serve as the hinges or hangers for saidhood, and a catch h to hold it up out oi the way. When down it rests atits lower edge back against the top edge oi back D.

When seat G is inverted it is simply turned end for end upside down withthe same edge at the iront, and the upper edge oi; the back D becomesthe outer edge when inthe bed and inverted. The mattress sections haveabout the same width as the seat and back, respectively and the slightgapl or space between them when down as in Fig. I is bridged by the hairmattress and does not become noticeable. This makes an exceedinglycomfortable bed and leaves abundance of room beneath for disposing oidress-suit cases and other usual baggage. The space behind and withinhood Il may be utilized `ior the storing oi bedding.

v What I claim s:-

l. In combined seats and berths for passenger' carriers, the combinationof separate invertible seats and invertible seat backs respectivelyprovided on their rear with spring.;- mattress sections. and means tosupport said seats and backs edge to edge in inverted positions to forma complete bed `'bottom comprising slid-able trames and fixed rests. A

2. In combined seats and berths for passenger carriers, the combinationot' separate invertible seats and seat backs, separate bed mattresssections for said seats and backs, respectively, means to support saidseats and backs in angular relation and also edge to edge in invertedposition on the same plane with said mattress sections uppermost, Aand amovable head rest adapted to term a continuation ot' the back at itstop.

i l i to be shifted for a bed, a couch 3. In combined berths and seatsfor passenger carriers, sldable supports having,- inwardly extendingprojections, in combination with separate seats and backs constructed attheir edges to rest upon said supports in inverted position, and fixedrests for the said backs at their outer edges independent 0l saidslidable supports.

4. In combined berths and seats for passenger carriers, a complete berthcomprising two slidable frames adapted to meet edge to edge at themiddle et' the berth, in combination with inverted seats and backs insaid trames, the bottom of said seats and backs constituting the bottomfor said berth.

5. In a combined berth and seat tor passenger carriers, slidablesupports adapted to be drawn toward each other and to meet half way. incombination with invertible seats and seat backs provided withprojections at their edges adapted Vto rest on said slidable supportsand to constitute a bed bottom, and a separate mattress section i'oreach seat and back.

G. ln a combined berth and seat, stationary supports, and side-barsconstructed to carry the seats and the berth slidably engaged in saidsupports, in combination with inverted backs forming the ends of saidberth, inverted seats forming the middle portion thereof, and the saidbacks adapted to rest in part on said stationary supports.

7. In a combined berth and seat, an invertible seat hav inga springmattress section upon its bottom, and u supporting flange at its irontand rear, a couch back adapted to be lowered to form a berth with saidseat when iuverted, and having llanges at its front and rear edges,supports for said back and seat tianges when used both as couch andberth, and a head rest above said couch back.

S. In a combined berth and seat, a couch seat adapted back provided with:1 springmattress upon its back and adapted to be lowered and invertedto combine with said seat to form a berth, a head rest above said couchback and supports for said seat and back.

In testimony whereof I sign this specticatien presence of two witnesses.

in the DAVID '.l. OWEN.

Witnesses R. B. Mosnn, C. A, SELL.

